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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Samsung’s incubation program, called the C-lab, has backed developer education since 2012, and the C-lab program will be showcasing four of their prime VR/AR projects in Barcelona at the Mobile World Congress this week (remember that now-iconic Dystopian photo of Mark Zuckerberg strolling through a crowd of oblivious VR headset-wearing journalists?

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A Brief History of VR

VeeR VR

They created many VR devices including, the Data Glove, the EyePhone, and the Audio Sphere. When they licensed the data glove to Mattel to create the Power Glove, this is one of the first instances of an affordable VR device that was readily available to the general public, costing just $75 USD. . million USD in funding.

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5 Future Predictions for the Virtual and Augmented Reality Industry

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According to John Carmack , Oculus CTO noted that the Oculus Go will perform "significantly better" than the Samsung Gear. Virtual reality’s reboot started in 2012 with Oculus’ Kickstarter being successfully funded and purchased by Facebook. Facebook is the technology empire to do this and fuel VR for the masses.

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Top 8 Media Using 360° Videos for Immersive News Stories

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New York Times partnered with Samsung to establish a " Daily 360 " series hosted on YouTube, which rolls out a video every day in 2017, and already houses over 300 videos up to December 8, 2017; you can also check out their video library on NYT's website. New York Times. Associated Press.

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The Curious Relationship Between DVDs and VR

VR Playhouse

Meanwhile, other companies like Samsung and Google have created lower-grade headsets that use your smartphone to simulate VR. If you take a quick look at the data, you might be tempted to draw some interesting conclusions. An interesting wrinkle in the data is the arrival of Sony’s Playstation VR. WHAT’S DRIVING VR ADOPTION.

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VR Sales Analysis: Rift and Vive to Sell Under 500,000 in 2016, PS VR to Top 2 Million

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In addition, the analysis also purports that the Samsung Gear VR — built in collaboration with Oculus — will sell 2,316,632 units. . We combine both proprietary and public data sources to arrive at an objective reading of the market, including financial information obtained through our client network. .”

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Visit the Ancient Rome in VR with Rome Reborn

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in 2012, and 3.0 While the results of the data capture–led by Prof. While it might have been possible to edit the scan data, this was impractical in terms of time and money. So we worked with Pascal to replace all the scan data from the Plastico di Roma Antica with new procedurally-generated models of the ca.